Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-03-12
BISMARCK.
Winding Up the Sesslon-The MI
htla Blll-Approprlations.

SAol ID AoNi uiito d Closc. Inc ippFO'
prlation bills are before the legislature
none having become law by the approx
al Of the governor. The principal sums
asked for are AS follows: The Grand
Forks university, slOs,OOO; the james
town insane asylum, sl94,OOO for I'M
%provements and $l5O,UU for support
and maintenance; Yankton insane asy-
lun, $2UO,UUO; Bismarck p%enitent,ary,
$l5O,UU; Bookings agricultural college,
s6O,OO; Vermlllion university, $6O,UUO;
the school of mines, Rapid City. $23,UUO;
the Speartish normal school. S2U,UUU;
the Plankinton reform school, $3O,UUU.
The reform school has been located al
Piankiuton for some time; but never
has an appropriation been made tor its
support. The Institutions proposed to
be established and asking for appropri-
ations ate: The Centr i Dakota univer.
slty at Aberdeen, S6O,OUU; the agricul-
turol college at Fargo, S3U,UOO; the SOL
diers' home at Hot Springs, S25,Uvv;
with three other soldiers home bills
passed the council and now in the
house.
1t Is quite evident that the soldiers
home bill, will be kill, d, although one
may lie selected and passed.
The III sutiiage bill vas killed in
the house yesterday and will not show
It's head again during the session. The
vote Oh the hoary old Chestnut stool 81
to IL Which Is Il much better showing
for the good SENSE Of Dakotans THAI.
Was the vote bv which the bill WAS
passed TWO years ago. The champions
Of the measure thus time were Ward Of
Turner aud Moure uf Sullv.
Governor Church has now about COM
pleted his Slate Of appointments, ami
the swearing train has taken about its
last load Of defeated candidates out vi
the city. The LATEST appointments are
those Of Eugene A. Dye of Melletle to
succeed A. Sheridan Jones as superln.
tendent Oh public Instruction and Frank
A. Wilson Of Peniblna lis assistant.
The list now stands: Treasurer, John
d. Benton, Fargo; auditor, James A.
Ward, Sioux Falls: commissioner Ut
immigration, p. +. Mcclure, Pierre;
superintendent OF public instruction,
Eugene A. Dye, Melteue; assistant sup
e%rinlendenl IF public instruction., Frank
A. Wilson, Pemblua; railroad commits
s%ioners, Abe Buyntou Of Lennox, Alex.
Grlggs Of Grand Forks and N. Il. Smith
of Huron.
The boards Of trustees Of the variou.
public institution, Of the territory are
made up Of three democrats and two
republlc.ns-showing that the unterri.
fled governor Is determined to tie demo
cratic or nothing. Councilman Grigsby
headed Il committee Of the council
which requested the governor to au.
point three republicans on each board
and to give the council the naming ot
the anne This he refused emphatical.
~ ON the ground that he would be re.
suonsible for the management Of the in.
stltullons and should personally appoint
u majority Ut good democrats on EACH
board.
There is IL little row in the high cir.
cles OF the territorial militia at present;
and it may result very seriously to some
Of the officials Of rank. A till WAS pre-.
pared aud introduced for the mainlen.
ance of the militia. 1t was prepared 10y
some OF the highest ranking officers and
appeared upon its face to lie il simple,
harmless bill. Upon close investigators
and careful reading, however, Governor
Church discovered that the bill virtually
leglslated into office for four years the
present officers of the militia, and re-
moved from the governor the power ol
dlsctarglng Or reappolntlng during thai
time. 1t also gave the officials access
to The treasury 20 the amount Of S2UU
OOO. The governor is on the alert; aud
If he sees amy danger Of such a measure
passing the legislature he will bring the
guberlla .orial gulllotine into play and
sever the heads Of the republican ottici,
ais at the earliest possible moment.
The Williams bill appropriat,ng $3.50.
600 for the purchase of seed wheat fol
farmers whose crops were destroyed
last year is still in the hands Of tht
council committee and may no come
up fol final action until too late to have
it satisfactorily amended and passed by
both houses.
The railroad legislation lags; and ]
think the "soulless corporations" have
got the best of it. The bills giving the
railroad commissioners power to liz
maximum rates OF freights on railroads
will not pass; and it Is doubtful if any.
thing seriously affecting railroads vii
be enacted. The Aikens bill for the re-
peal of the law taxing railroads on
their gross earnings will never pass
Aikens says the gross earnings law i.
unconstitutional; but Attorney General
Engle sent an opinion to the house tC
the effect that 1t is constitutional: and
NJ Aikens is Il candidate for Engle'.
place as attorney general the situation
ia not dovoid oe b,,n,,v